reflect upon the pain this nation endured, the loss of lives, nearly 3,000 people impacted at the pentagon, in a lonely field in pennsylvania and in metro new york. we are reminded most humbly, most sensitively, most lovingly of that dreadful moment and we saw how important our public safety elements are. our first responders critical to that situation. it showcases in very noble measure, in a very painful, dark moment in our history what those role modelsr who they are. that's their every day work that was showcased in a very magnified way, but every day we reach to their skills, their talents, their strengths, the president is saying, invest in that public safety element, invest in our firefighters, in our police officers, in our emergency responders. he's asking for that in the american jobs act. we have done pieces of it but need to do the entire package to have the strength that this economy requires for its comeback. he talks about infrastructure improvement to an infrastructure bank that is part and parcel to the outcome, making certain that our infrastructure is strong and able to